It was Mr Heng’s last lesson with Jerrick. He was excited to consolidate all the learning points.

First, he reminded Jerrick to write down the five vowels - a e i o u - on the top left hand corner. He was happy that Jerrick knew how to pronounce the -ed suffix for ‘consolidated’ and ‘contributed’.

con / so / li / dat / ed con / tri / but / ed fo / cus/ ed

Jerrick had cut other similar words e week before, so it was an opportunity to revise for him.

con / stant/ ly con / fid / ence

Mr Heng then revised the soft ‘c’ rule. When c is followed by letters i, y, or e, it makes the soft sound and says /s/. This helped Jerrick read ‘decision’ and ‘appreciate’.

ap / pre / ci / ate de / si / sion

Mr Heng drew Jerrick’s attention to ‘pre’ because it exists as a prefix. Case in point: pretest.

He was happy to recap the ‘-sion’ suffix because he had gone through ‘passion’ in a previous lesson. Jerrick was able to say that passion = interest.

Lastly, Mr Heng revised the magic ‘e’ rule. When there is an ‘e’ at the end of a word, it sometimes makes the vowel say its own name.

con / cise

‘Concise’ also has the soft ‘c’ and the hard ‘c’. This was a nice way to round out the last lesson.